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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
! If you are upgrading from a previous version !
! of iceStat, please be sure to see the section !
! under "Installation" concerning WWIV.INI. !
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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INTRODUCTION
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iceStat v1.2
Copyright (C) 1996 by Albert Vernon and Joshua Hines
03 July 1996
iceStat is a graphical user status chain for use with
WWIV BBS software by Wayne Bell. iceStat will not
work properly on systems running a version of WWIV
less than 4.22.
THIS PROGRAM IS FREEWARE. It may be freely used
and distributed. Please don't distribute modified
versions of this program.
This is an official release of iceStat by the original
authors. The programming group called Life Force no
longer exists, so iceStat is now being released under
the authors' names. This will probably be the last
release of iceStat since it is now obseleted by
WWIV v4.24+'s MCI (substitution) codes. A sysop could
simply draw a nice ANSI and then embed the substitution
codes into the file.
This program is called iceStat in honor of Jim Nunn's IceNET.
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INSTALLATION
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Put ICESTAT.EXE and ICESTAT.ANS in your main BBS directory.
Be sure to overwrite files from previous versions of iceStat.
In your WWIV.INI file in the [WWIV] block, modify or add the
following spawn option line:
SPAWNOPT[LOGON] = COMIO, NOPAUSE ; for logon event
To use iceStat as a logon event with WWIV, place the command:
ICESTAT.EXE %1
in section #6 of INIT. iceStat will automatically determine if
the user has ANSI graphics support selected. If they do not, then
iceStat will terminate, printing nothing.
To use iceStat as a chain with WWIV, run CHAINEDIT and insert the
following entry:
A. Description : iceStat v1.2
B. Filename : ICESTAT.EXE %1
C. SL : *
D. AR : *
E. ANSI : Required !! REQUIRED !!
F. DOS Interrupt: Used !! REQUIRED !!
G. 300 Baud : *
H. Shrink : *
I. Disable pause: Yes !! REQUIRED !!
J. Local only : No
K. Multi user : *
L. Registered by: *
M. Usage : *
Items marked with an asterisk (*) are up to you, as they do not
affect the operation of iceStat. You -must- have the settings for
ANSI, DOS Interrupt, and Disable Pause as shown above.
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KNOWN BUGS
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iceStat might not work properly on systems running Norton Utilities
NCACHE2 and a Cyrix CPU.
iceStat may not read data in properly for users with usernumbers
greater than 9,999. If this is a problem for you, e-mail us and
we'll see what we can do about it.
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HISTORY
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23 Nov 1994 - v1.00 : Initial Release
25 May 1995 - v1.1 : o Gives up timeslices under popular multitaskers
during the spinning cursor.
o Previous version handled stats for users with
large numbers incorrectly. Fixed.
o Now gives the user the option of viewing his
or her stats upon startup.
o A new ANSI screen.
03 Jul 1996 - v1.2 : A new ANSI screen and minor cosmetic changes.
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CREDITS
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Special thanks to Jim Nunn, Troy Lancaster, and Kyle Miller for beta testing.
Additional thanks to Wayne Bell and Jon Rickher for permission to use some of
their code in this program. Our gratitude to Gorfito for his past and
continuing moral and technical support.
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THE SOURCE CODE
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The source code to iceStat is included for people to play around with.
The file ICESTAT.C has been compiled successfully under Borland's
Turbo C++ v3.00 for DOS. Other compilers might require minor
modifications. To compile iceStat, you will need VARDEC.H from
WWIV v4.22 or greater. This means that if you are not a registered
WWIV sysop, you won't be able to compile iceStat. Sorry.
If you supply the VARDEC.H from WWIV v4.23+, it may require you to
provide other header files, such as INSTMSG.H, as well. Simply read
the error message from the compiler and copy that header file to
the directory in which you are compiling iceStat. The ANSI
template, ICESTAT.ANS, was drawn using TheDraw v4.61. It was saved
as an ANSI file with clear screen preparation, no maximum line length,
and zero slowdown factor.
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
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The Life Force programming group no longer exists. It was just us two and no
one else joined, so we figured we'd like to have our names in the lime light.
Josh and I write freeware for the sheer enjoyment of it. We are currently
focusing on WWIV accessories, but hope to expand into other areas later. If
you would like to contribute your programming or artistic skills, or if you
have a good idea for a WWIV add-on, feel free to contact us.
Please see the enclosed SUPPORT.DOC for information on contacting the
authors.
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THANK YOU FOR USING ICESTAT! Please use it and give it to your friends!
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